Pharmacy techs can get remote employment these days.
My partner and I were together for 27 years. We decided against marriage for various reasons, but we were committed to one another, and we had everything legally fixed where all her holdings were in a living trust my holdings were added to the living rust and so there weren’t any problems. We were prepared for about everything you could be including health emergencies and such and I had to take care of her for the last six years of her life. I made sure she stayed home and I took care of her 24 seven. I don’t regret one moment of our life together and what we had. A piece of paper from the government does not validate how two people feel about one another and their commitment to each other. Legal problems and issues can be easily handled so that there are no problems for the surviving partner.